Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 5:8

כְּמַעֲשֵׂהוּ בְחֹל כָּךְ מַעֲשֵׂהוּ בְשַׁבָּת, אֶלָּא שֶׁהַכֹּהֲנִים מְדִיחִים אֶת הָעֲזָרָה שֶׁלֹּא בִרְצוֹן חֲכָמִים. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, כּוֹס הָיָה מְמַלֵּא מִדַּם הַתַּעֲרֹבוֹת, זְרָקוֹ זְרִיקָה אַחַת עַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ, וְלֹא הוֹדוּ לוֹ חֲכָמִים:

As it is done on the weekday, so was it done on Shabbath; but the Cohanim would douse the azarah contrary to the will of the sages. [Because there was much blood, they would douse it on Shabbath. There was a water duct running through the azarah. When they wanted to douse it, they would plug up its outlet and the water would flow over the sides onto the entire azarah, after which they would unplug the outlet and the water would run out.] R. Yehudah says: He (a Cohein) would fill a cup from the mixed bloods [on the floor (of the azarah)] and fling it once against the altar; but the sages did not concur with him. [The halachah is not in accordance with R. Yehudah.]

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